GOP lawmaker threatens to strip agency's funding because it acknowledged LGBTQ+ history

[icymist]

Republican lawmakers in Alabama are seeking revenge against a state agency simply because it acknowledged the historical contributions of LGBTQ+ people.

State Sen. Chris Elliot (R) announced plans to introduce legislation cutting $5 million of funding from the Alabama Department of Archives and History after it hosted a lecture about the LGBTQ+ history of Alabama called “Invisible No More: Alabama’s LGBTQ+ History.”

...“Make no mistake about, it is to send a message to the Archives and History Department, and to other bureaucracies throughout the state, that we don’t believe this is a topic appropriate for the Alabama Department of Archives and History,” he said, according to the Associated Press.

Elliot said he believes “there are all kinds of other places to discuss those issues” and that he doesn’t have to see the lecture to know it is not appropriate since “the underlying differentiating factor is sex.”

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/gop-lawmaker-threatens-to-strip-agencys-funding-because-it-acknowledged-lgbtq-history/